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Son Habanero

Been tripping on Cuban and Afro-Cuban rhythms all week here on Sound Travels in anticipation of the only all-Cuban festival the city of Brew knows; Cubanitas' Cuban Street Party. As I wrote yesterday and reiterate here; get out and support that. The music for the party is looking fresh with bands like Nabori, Bamboleo, Clave y Afinque, Salsa Brosa and Cultura en Clave as well as DJ Bachatito on the scene, how would it be otherwise? And if you've ever been to Cubanitas, you know that the food will be proper too.

So today, I followed up our journey from yesterday with some more classics and lesser-known-but-not-lesser cuts from the most-famous embargoed island in the world. While the embargo is a spite-filled tragedy of American foreign relations, the music is amazing. This is the dish I served hot and spicy today at noon...

Sound Travelled this weekend to Brazil in a time capsule. Not only was it a replay of a mix I did waaaayyyyy back in 2011, but it also captures samba, samba funk, samba rock and bossa nova vibes from the 60's, 70's and a hint of the 80's....

Given the amount of great salsa music out there, it's borderline criminal that I don't put together more mixes of it. This weekend's Sound Travels was super fun to make and listen to and featured golden era salsa from some of the greatest...

Sometime the best laid plans go awry in ways that are altogether okay. That's what happened this weekend when my attempt at making a mixtape of new roots reggae somehow became a super old-school affair full of some fine, vintage 60's era...